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About Kinship
We are Kinship. The leading kinship care charity in England and Wales. We’re here for kinship carers – friends or family who step up to raise a child when their parents aren’t able to.
Together, let’s commit to change for kinship families.
About the role
This role will support Kinship to operate as an effective charity by ensuring effective day-to-day operations and seamless delivery of the People function at the charity.
You will bring your People leadership experience, attention to detail and excellent communication skills to the role. You will be structured in your approach to ensure that day-to-day issues are handled while also working to improve processes and systems. You will be credible with senior management and able to articulate and balance the trade-offs of a People leadership role.
You will be able to balance multiple competing priorities and prioritise effectively, A positive mindset is key to being part of the team, as is thinking creatively to problem solve and being empathetic to colleagues. You will be highly motivated by our mission, recognising that excellent internal People processes are essential to allowing others to effectively complete their roles and achieve our mission.
You will be a powerful ambassador for our mission, credible with other HR and CSR professionals working to implement kinship friendly employer policies and processes.
Key Responsibilities include:
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Work with the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and the Executive management team to design, develop and embed a high-quality HR function to support the employee life cycle.
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Responsible for ensuring all policies, procedures, and processes relating to people and culture, work effectively, efficiently and in line with legal requirements.
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Responsible for all People matters, ensuring they are handled fairly and consistently in line with policies and procedures.
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Support and advise line managers on People, EDI and change management activities, including promotions, disciplinary, capability and grievance procedures.
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Organise line manager training to ensure line managers understand their responsibilities and apply policies consistently.
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Responsible for the candidates’ recruitment experience. Ensure candidates receive a consistent and professional recruitment experience.
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Responsible for job descriptions, person specifications, recruitment packs and job adverts.
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Ensure offboarding processes are robust and implemented consistently to safeguard the charity’s assets and to comply with Data Protection rules.
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Lead on the delivery and growth of the ‘Kinship Friendly Employers’ scheme, driving growth in the scheme and the number of bronze, silver and gold partners
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Ensure Kinship role models ‘Kinship Friendly’ employment practices and seek opportunities to share these as examples with other HR professionals.
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Support fundraising efforts with corporate supporters who are ‘Kinship Friendly Employers’
Essential criteria includes:
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HR qualification or significant demonstrable experience.
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Coaching qualification or significant demonstrable experience.
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Demonstrable experience of supporting the development of a high-quality People function within a growing organisation.
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Demonstrable experience working in a changing and flexible organisation.
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Demonstrable problem-solving and conflict resolution abilities.
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Demonstrable knowledge of best practices, employment laws, and regulations.
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Effective communication skills.
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Strong interpersonal skills – a genuine team player able to relate to a wide range of people.
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Ability to work on own initiative and manage own workload.
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Demonstrable experience of EDI principles.
Desirable experience includes:
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Personal experience of kinship care.
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Experience of working in a dynamic and fast-changing workplace.
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Exceptional business-partnering skills
What we’ll offer you
Kinship offers 30 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time) as well as a generous pension scheme. We have an excellent wellbeing offer including the Employee Assistance Programme and clinical supervision. We will invest in your professional development with training and career development opportunities.
Kinship is committed to championing equality, diversity and inclusion. We believe our work is greatly enhanced by the varied backgrounds, experiences and views represented within our teams. We aim to create inclusive teams, celebrate differences and encourage everyone to join us and be their true self at work. We therefore encourage applications from anyone who fits our values, whatever their religion or belief, sex, gender identity, race, age, sexuality or disability and are actively seeking candidates that can bring real innovation and commitment to us.
This is a fantastic time to join a supportive and well-established team within an organisation with rapid growth ambitions. This role will be what you make it and we’re looking for someone to seize this opportunity!
How to apply
Please apply via Charity Job with your CV and a cover letter of no more than 2 pages. Please include your notice period and earliest availability to start in your cover letter.
- Application deadline: Thursday 22 May, 9am
- First interview: 29 May - 2 June
- Second interview: TBC
Kinship reserves the right to close applications early on receipt of sufficient applications. Apply early!
• Make sure you’ve read the job description and the essential requirements – make sure your answer reflects those points in the requirements very clearly.
• Really tell us why you want to work for Kinship. We’re interested in working with people who share our values. You can read about our values above.
• Keep your response clear – use bullets points and short paragraphs if that helps. It will help the recruitment team to really focus on your answer.
• Don’t go over 2 pages on your covering letter.
• Please do not use AI tools like ChatGPT to produce your answers. We use software to check and your application will be rejected if you do.
We support kinship carers in their homes and communities, giving advice and helping them work through problems to find the best way forward.





The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Project Background
Come and join our award-winning place-based volunteering programme that works with residents living across Hackney and the City of London.
You will be based out in the community - the programme is based at GP practices - to engage, support and enable local residents and patients to deliver local services for themselves, to meet local needs. We support residents to come together, to share their skills and experience for the benefit of each other, to deliver local groups and activities such as a book group, film club, exercise classes or cooking group. Residents from diverse backgrounds and demographics attend these activities together and make new connections, building strong local communities, all working together to make their area a better place to live. People, many of whom are isolated across all ages, and who have difficult life circumstances, are brought together, providing each other with mutual support and encouragement to develop new skills and pursue life goals, and to feel better able to voice their concerns to services.
You will be joining a nationally recognised project - having won an award from the Royal Society of Public Health in November 2024 - to support residents to fulfil their personal goals, make connections with others, and design activities and services that meet local needs. You will also be supporting people to improve their mental and physical health through signposting them to appropriate services and encouraging them to talk to their GP if they have concerns; and will be working in partnership with GP practice staff to co-create volunteer roles to make the practice more efficient and a better place to visit.
Who are we?
Volunteer Centre Hackney is a medium sized charity (currently 30 staff) based in the London borough of Hackney, working to support local residents to realise their skills and passions through volunteering and social action, and to share these for the benefit of others.
Our mission is to build and strengthen communities across Hackney through supporting residents of all ages and backgrounds to volunteer and build projects together.
In 2021, we were awarded the Freedom of the Borough Award by Hackney Council for our efforts to support residents during COVID, which included mobilising over 2000 volunteers to deliver food, prescriptions and essential items, provide emotional support to isolated residents and support the vaccine rollout.
We work with hundreds of diverse community organisations and deliver various programmes to help residents share their skills and deliver their own social action projects to improve people’s lives. These include a befriending programme, volunteering brokerage matching local people to volunteer roles based on their skills, interests and goals, a specialist mental health programme, peer research and multiple resident engagement programmes at GP surgeries and estates across Hackney.
Post holders need to be enthusiastic and engaging, bringing energy to the role, be self-motivating and confident to work primarily alone, albeit with some support from the team members based at other sites.
We’ve been inspiring, developing, and supporting communities since 1997. We’re here to help you make a difference as a volunteer.




Actively Interviewing
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Team Leader – Semi Independent Home – South West London
£29,358 per annum
40 Hours per week, shift work including weekends and bank holidays
Twickenham (TW1)
We have presently a fantastic opportunity to join one of our 16+ Homes, located in Twickenham, and make a difference to our Young People’s lives.
About Us
Our vision is for every child and young person to be safe, loved and happy, to achieve their potential and have a bright future.
St Christopher's is a leading charity for children and young people and we are proud of our history for providing fostering, children's homes and a range of innovative leaving care services across the UK & Isle of Man. We have a passionate commitment to our young people, placing them at the centre of everything we do. We provide positive life experiences for young people who are unable to sustain a placement in their parental or foster home.
We are an equal-opportunity employer keen to develop an inclusive workforce where people feel they belong. We hope to attract applications from under- represented groups, including people from different cultures, nationalities, socioeconomic backgrounds, ages, disabilities, religions, faith, sex, orientation, childcare responsibilities, and gender-diverse identities.
St Christopher’s Academy
At St Christopher's we can offer you a career where you can develop your skills and knowledge while making a difference to young people’s lives.
When you join St Christopher’s, we will set you up in your career with a tailored development plan. Whether you want to move across to a different service, become a Manager or just explore further your current role, we will support you to map out your career trajectory and help you achieve your professional ambitions. If you want to learn more about St Christopher’s Academy, please visit our website.
We are proud that 84% of all our Team Leaders, Deputies and Managers are internal promotions.
About the Role
As Team Leader, you will assist the Manager in the running of a 16+ semi-independent supported accommodation service, supporting the delivery of high quality transition services for young people that promote their independence and increase their life skills.
We have an enthusiastic team including Support Workers, Waking Night Staff and Management who all have different interests which they bring to the service. If you’re ready for a challenge and think you have the skills to drive St Christopher’s forward we would love to hear from you!
Applicants should have
· At least two year’s relevant experience providing housing and/or support services to vulnerable individuals
· A good understanding of the regulatory framework relevant to the provision of housing services for young people
· Knowledge of the welfare benefits system in relation to young people.
· Ability to lead, motivate, supervise and support staff and be a positive role model.
· Ability to prioritise own workload and to work flexibly to meet deadlines or service requirements.
· Ability to use own initiative as well as be an active team member.
· Flexibility to occasionally work evening and weekend shifts and participating in the On-Call system.
In return we offer:
· Salary of £29,358 per annum.
· Competitive pay and reward structure offering salary progression based on performance.
· A friendly working environment, a fun, open and honest culture.
· 25 days holiday rising to 27 days after 3 years’ service, plus Bank Holidays, pro-rata.
· Industry leading training programme including access to level 3 qualifications, children’s right and participation, CSE, empowerment, mental health and social pedagogy.
· Contributory pension scheme, enhanced maternity and company sick scheme.
· UK Life Assurance (Death in service) to the value of 3 times your annual salary.
· BUPA employee assistance programme, offering counselling, financial advice and legal support.
· Cycle to work scheme.
· Bluelight card; discount shopping scheme at hundreds of retailers across the UK.
· Discretionary funded training programs.
· Employee awards based on performance and length of service.
· Fantastic opportunities to develop your career within our range of services.
Recruitment Process
At St Christopher’s we are committed to the safeguarding of all children and young people in our care. During the recruitment process you will be expected to complete an online application form to ensure we capture essential information to meet legislation, best practice and vetting requirements.
Applicants will ideally already be on the DBS Update Service; if this is not the case St Christopher's will carry out a DBS (police) check prior to starting.
Your online application must include a supporting statement addressing the criteria stated in the Person Specification. For the full Job Description and Person Specification please visit our website.
For more information or assistance during the application process, please visit our website
Closing date: TBC
Interview date: TBC
We advise to apply as soon as possible as applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Please note this post has a minimum age restriction of 21 for roles working directly with children and young people in our residential and semi-independent Homes in line with the Equality Act ‘occupational requirement’.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Robertson Bell is thrilled to be leading on an exciting recruitment campaign with Walsall Council as we search for five ambitious Finance Business Partners to join their dynamic team on a permanent basis. This is a fantastic opportunity that’s come about as a result of a period of positive transformation and investment within Walsall’s Financial Services – these are brand-new roles, created to support their ongoing growth and change. There has truly never been a better time to join.
We are recruiting into four teams:
- 2x roles in the Corporate Finance team
- 1x role in the Children’s Services team
- 1x role in the Education team
- 1x role in the Systems & Transformation Team
Whether you're a Management Accountant ready to take that next step into a more strategic business partnering role, or already a Finance Business Partner looking to grow in a more supportive and varied environment, these roles offer incredible scope for development.
You’ll be working in a fast-evolving, forward-thinking council that is deeply committed to investing in its people. With a clear focus on professional growth, Walsall Council offers structured training, coaching and mentorship, ensuring you’ll be supported every step of the way.
Why join Walsall Council?
- Generous annual leave: 29 days rising to 34 after 5 years’ continuous local government service
- Flexible working: Including the opportunity to gain up to 12 additional days leave through flexitime
- Hybrid working: Just one day a week minimum in the office
- Career-average pension scheme
- Ongoing learning and development, with access to internal and external training and a study support package
About the roles:
Each Finance Business Partner will support a specific directorate, building strong, collaborative relationships with service managers and senior leadership. Your role will be to help shape financial decision-making and provide meaningful insights that lead to better outcomes for the community. Key responsibilities include:
- Acting as a trusted advisor and strategic partner to senior stakeholders
- Supporting budget setting, monitoring and forecasting processes
- Contributing to the council’s wider financial planning and business strategy
- Identifying and mitigating financial risks while spotting opportunities for improvement
- Leading on year-end accounts for your area and supporting performance reporting
- Playing a pivotal role in exciting finance transformation projects, with the opportunity to contribute to the development of finance systems and business intelligence dashboards to improve financial performance
What you’ll need:
- A CCAB or CIMA qualification (or be actively working towards one)
- Strong communication skills and a proactive, solutions-focused mindset
- Experience working with non-financial stakeholders and influencing decisions
- Ideally some public sector experience – but this is not essential
- A genuine passion for delivering great outcomes and driving value for money
This is more than just a job – it’s a career move. If you want to feel genuinely valued, supported and challenged in your next role, and play a key part in shaping financial strategy at a progressive local authority, we’d love to hear from you.
The closing date for applications is Sunday 11th May, with first-stage interviews taking place on the 21st and 22nd May. CVs will be reviewed on a rolling basis, so don’t delay – apply now via Robertson Bell to avoid missing out.
Payroll / People Advisor
Liverpool or London - The role is offered within a hybrid working environment with a blend of office and homeworking.
Liverpool £30,079 to £33,000 or London £33,079 to £36,000
Contract type: Fixed-term (12 months)
Working arrangements: 35 hours per week. Standard working hours between 9am – 5pm, Monday to Friday. Hybrid working, with a minimum of 6 days per month in the office. Required to work in the office on Wednesdays.
Our client's People and Culture team are looking for an enthusiastic and proactive individual to join them as a People and Culture Officer – payroll, reward and people analytics This is a great opportunity for an experienced professional with previous payroll experience, who is looking for the next stage in their career and join the people and culture team.
Key Responsibilities
The role of the payroll, reward and reporting People and Culture Officer will be fast paced with high volumes and lots of working across the team.
You’ll mainly be focussed on:
- Running their monthly payroll information and getting this over to the payroll team in finance so everyone gets paid correctly.
- Administration of all payroll and contractual changes for new and existing employees.
- Generating people data reports for all levels of the organisation. This includes headcount reports, total reward statements and any other ad hoc reports that are requested.
- Dealing with the queries that come through the shared HR mailbox.
There will be the opportunity to get involved with project work as they look to continuously improve the service they offer their internal clients.
What you will need to succeed
- Ability to prioritise your own workload and completing tasks with a high level of accuracy
- Experience of running payroll process for a similar sized organisation (c400 employees)
- Experience of HR information systems is essential (experience of Cascade HRIS is desirable)
- Excellent working knowledge of MS Word and advanced knowledge of Excel
- CIPD qualified to Level 3 or equivalent relevant experience
- Highly organised and capable of conflicting deadlines
In the HR team, they are responsible for everything from recruitment and selection, payroll, your benefits and rewards, employee relations, policies & procedures to reporting and outplacement.
Benefits
The benefits they offer include:
- 27 days holiday per annum (staff grades 2-4), plus bank holidays
- group personal pension plan with 7% employer contribution
- interest-free season ticket loan
- life assurance
- flexible working hours
- employee assistance programme – 24/7 advice and support for any work-related issues as well as any problems affecting your home life
- occupational health team – includes employment and work-related health assessments, health checks and workstation assessments
- cycle to work scheme
- professional training and development opportunities
- enhanced maternity and paternity pay
- staff discounts platform – including discounts on cinema tickets and a range of high street brands
Closing date: 11th May 2025
Shortlisted candidates will be notified by: 15 May 2025
Interview date: w/c 19 May 2025
Our client positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status or pregnancy and maternity.
Our client is all about our people – their members, staff, volunteers and leaders. They educate, influence and collaborate to improve health and healthcare for everyone and know they can only do this by being inclusive, encouraging and celebrating diverse perspectives. Welcoming into their community people who represent the 21st-century medical workforce and the diverse population of patients they serve is a priority for them.
HR Officer
We are seeking an experienced and proactive HR Officer to help shape the people strategy, drive recruitment, and support the well-being and development within an incredible charity.
Position: HR Officer
Salary: £31,922 per annum (pro-rata: £25,538 actual)
Location: The Vassall Centre, BS16 2QQ, with some off-site working
Hours: 21 hours per week (flexible working available)
Contract: 12 months fixed term
Benefits: Pension contribution of 5%, 29 days annual leave (pro rata) ,Professional development and career progression
Staff working groups, BenefitHub discounts and perks, Health Cash Plan, Employee Assistance Programme, Discounted gym memberships, Team away days and social events, Free on-site parking, On-site café
About the Role
At the heart of the charity is a commitment to empowering communities, creating opportunities, and transforming lives. As HR Officer, you will play a crucial role in supporting people, ensuring staff and volunteers feel valued, supported, and equipped to carry out their vital work.
This is more than an administrative role; you will shape HR policies, drive recruitment and retention strategies, and promote a positive, inclusive workplace culture where people thrive. You’ll be part of a friendly and passionate team, working together to create lasting social impact.
Key Responsibilities:
• Lead on recruitment and onboarding, ensuring the charity attracts and retains talented individuals.
• Provide expert advice on HR policies, employment law, and best practice.
• Play an active part in HR function improvement projects
• Maintain accurate HR records, using BreatheHR and other systems.
• Support staff well-being through training, development, and engagement initiatives.
• Champion a culture of inclusion, fairness, and continuous learning.
• Work closely with senior leaders to ensure HR aligns with strategic goals.
• Provide HR support for volunteers, helping to build a thriving volunteer community.
About You
As HR Officer you will be an enthusiastic, people-focused HR professional who thrives in a purpose-driven environment. You will bring:
• Generalist HR experience, including recruitment, policies, and employee relations.
• A CIPD Level 5 qualification (or working towards it).
• A strong understanding of UK employment law and HR best practices.
• The ability to engage and advise senior managers with confidence.
• Experience working with HR systems, ideally BreatheHR.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills.
• A passion for creating a positive, inclusive, and high-performing workplace.
• An understanding of the charity or housing sector (desirable but not essential).
About the Organisation
The charity are dedicated to supporting people to live independent, fulfilling lives. Their work spans housing, community support, and well-being services, ensuring that everyone, regardless of their background, has the opportunity to thrive.
As part of the team, you’ll be making a difference every day, ensuring the workforce is supported, engaged, and inspired to continue delivering life-changing work.
Other roles you may have experience in could include: HR Advisor, People & Culture Officer, HR Business Partner, Talent & Recruitment Officer, HR Coordinator, HR Manager, HR Administrator.
We have an exciting opportunity for an Independent Domestic Violence Advisor (IDVA) to join the Domestic Abuse Specialist Service. They will be supporting survivors of domestic abuse in partnership with the Sussex High Harm Perpetrator Programme. This role is full time working 37.5 hours per week on a fixed term contract until 31st March 2026. The role is offered on a hybrid basis, working between home, our office in Brighton, and community locations throughout East Sussex and Brighton & Hove.
Do you want to make a difference every day? Do you want to contribute to change & improvement for those who need it?
Do you have resilience & adaptability? Can you work effectively with a focus on trauma-informed support and care?
If yes, then we'd love to hear from you…
What we offer:
At Victim Support we believe in attracting & retaining the best people and offer a competitive rewards & benefits package including:
* Flexible working options including hybrid working
* 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, rising to 33 days plus Bank Holidays
* An extra day off for your birthday & options to buy or sell annual leave
* Pension with 5% employer contribution
* Enhanced sick pay allowances, maternity & paternity payments
* High Street, retail, holiday, gym, entertainment & leisure discounts
* Access to our financial wellbeing hub & salary deducted finance
* Employee assistance programme & wellbeing support
* Access to EDI networks and colleague cafes
* Cycle to work scheme & season ticket loans
* Ongoing training & support with opportunities for career development & progression
About the role:
This hybrid role includes a combination of home, office and community-based working. You will meet regularly with clients at safe locations of their choosing. There will be travel requirements across East Sussex and Brighton & Hove.
As an IDVA you will:
- Empower survivors, supporting them to identify features and dynamics of domestic abuse
- Work with clients referred to the DASS by the High Harm Perpetrator Programme, holding a caseload of varying complexity and prioritising high risk cases for support.
- Conduct comprehensive needs and risk assessments
- Provide individualized safety and support plans, advocacy, practical support and information
- Participate in the Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC), acting as the voice of the survivor and delivering on actions agreed
- Use a person-centred, survivor-focused approach, being mindful of the effects of trauma and additional barriers to access survivors of domestic abuse may experience
- Attend the monthly High Harm Panel and other mandatory conferences (including contributing to the Multi-Agency Tasking and Coordination process where applicable), representing the voice of the survivor and sharing relevant information with key agencies to reduce risk and increase safety
- Assist in delivering training, and provide consultancy and advice to other agencies as required
You will need
- An understanding of the issues faced by survivors experiencing domestic abuse
- A good understanding of risk assessment, safety planning & risk management for survivors of domestic abuse
- An understanding of safeguarding issues & the legal responsibilities surrounding these
- Experience of delivering services to survivors of domestic abuse and/or other vulnerable people
- Experience of working within a multi-agency and legislative framework, including building relationships with statutory and voluntary service providers
- Experience of managing a complex caseload, prioritising work and dealing with competing demands demonstrating an organised and methodical approach to work
- Ability to deliver indvidualised safety and support plans, demonstrating sufficient knowledge of risk reduction regarding harmful practices and modern slavery
- Ability to deliver training sessions to professional agencies
- Understanding and knowledge of and active commitment to promoting equal opportunities and diversity
- Ability to self-reflect, identify own welfare needs, and put in place effective self-care strategies
- Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.
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About Us:
Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity providing a range of specialist services to people who have been affected by crime across England and Wales. We work towards a world where there are fewer victims but who have stronger rights, better support and a real influence in the Criminal Justice System. Everyone at VS is driven by our Vision Ambitions and Values to play their part in making a difference for those who experience crime and traumatic events. Working for VS gives you the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing high quality services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.
Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks may be required.
Victim Support strives to represent the diverse communities we serve and are passionate about creating an environment where all staff and volunteers feel respected and heard. Being a diverse organisation with an inclusive culture is integral to us being able to meet our aim of ensuring that anyone who is a victim of crime gets the support they need.
- As part of our commitment to the Race at Work Charter we particularly welcome applicants from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. VS is also a Disability Confident Employer and we provide a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for candidates that are disabled and meet all essential criteria for a role.
If you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia or a medical condition which you believe may affect your performance during any aspect of our selection process, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to perform at your best.
How to apply:
To apply for this role please follow the link below to the Jobs page on our website and complete the application form demonstrating how you meet the essential shortlisting criteria.
We look forward to hearing from you.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if we receive enough suitable applications to take forward to interview prior to the published closing date.
If you have already registered & started an application, then we will contact you to advise of the amended closing date wherever possible.
Victim Support is recruiting for an Independent Domestic Violence Advisor (IDVA) to be co-located within Central Bedfordshire Council. This is a full time role on a fixed term contract until 31st March 2027, subject to year on year funding. Hybrid working would be available for this role.
Do you want to make a difference every day? Do you want to contribute to change & improvement for those who need it?
Do you have resilience & adaptability? Can you work effectively with a focus on customer service and care?
If yes, then we'd love to hear from you…..
What we offer:
At Victim Support we believe in attracting & retaining the best people and offer a competitive rewards & benefits package including:
- Flexible working options including hybrid working
- 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, rising to 33 days plus Bank Holidays
- An extra day off for your birthday & options to buy or sell annual leave
- Pension with 5% employer contribution
- Enhanced sick pay allowances, maternity & paternity payments
- High Street, retail, holiday, gym, entertainment & leisure discounts
- Access to our financial wellbeing hub & salary deducted finance
- Employee assistance programme & wellbeing support
- Access to EDI networks and colleague cafes
- Cycle to work scheme & season ticket loans
- Ongoing training & support with opportunities for career development & progression
About the role:
We are looking for an Independent Domestic Violence Advocate (IDVA). This is a full time role on fixed term contract. Hybrid working would be available for this role. The aim of this role is to support victims of domestic abuse who live in Central Bedfordshire. This role will be part of our other wider specialist services covering Bedfordshire.
As an IDVA you will be:
- Providing a high quality support and advocacy service to victims of domestic abuse.
- Managing a caseload; identifying and assessing risks and needs, providing a tailored crisis intervention service trough individual safety planning, advocacy, emotional and practical support.
- Working with other agencies and advocating on behalf of service users in order to help them access services to keep them safe.
- Working within a multi-agency framework consisting of partners as well as MARAC and other local partnerships to offer a coordinated response to domestic abuse.
- Promoting the service and raise awareness of domestic abuse through the delivery of training
- Supporting the Daily Domestic Abuse meeting in the IFD (Integrated Front Door), which discusses all medium/standard risk referrals that have come in over the previous 24 hours and agrees on the most appropriate source of advice and support for the family.
- Attending the BRiF meetings weekly where community partners bring concerns about family's they are working with including concerns about standard/medium domestic abuse.
- Professional point of contact for the IFD and Adult Safeguarding teams (also based at Priory House).
- Point of contact for any concerns staff have about their own relationships and dynamics of domestic abuse they need support with
You will need:
- Experience of working in support and advocacy with victims of domestic abuse is advantageous
- To be able to prioritise work and deal with competing or conflicting demands/needs and interests and promote organisation interests and values.
- To ideally hold a SafeLives IDVA accreditation, relevant degree, vocational qualification or relevant experience of delivering a service and working with domestic abuse victim's/service users in a statutory, voluntary or community work setting.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.
About Us:
Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity providing a range of specialist services to people who have been affected by crime across England and Wales. We work towards a world where there are fewer victims but who have stronger rights, better support and a real influence in the Criminal Justice System. Everyone at VS is driven by our Vision Ambitions and Values to play their part in making a difference for those who experience crime and traumatic events. Working for VS gives you the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing high quality services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.
Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks may be required.
Victim Support strives to represent the diverse communities we serve and are passionate about creating an environment where all staff and volunteers feel respected and heard. Being a diverse organisation with an inclusive culture is integral to us being able to meet our aim of ensuring that anyone who is a victim of crime gets the support they need.
As part of our commitment to the Race at Work Charter we particularly welcome applicants from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. VS is also a Disability Confident Employer and we provide a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for candidates that are disabled and meet all essential criteria for a role.
If you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia or a medical condition which you believe may affect your performance during any aspect of our selection process, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to perform at your best.
How to apply:
To apply for this role please follow the link below to the Jobs page on our website, and complete the application form demonstrating how you meet the essential shortlisting criteria.
We looking forward to hearing from you.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if we receive enough suitable applications to take forward to interview prior to the published closing date.
If you have already registered & started an application, then we will contact you to advise of the amended closing date wherever possible.
Financial Accountant
(HEO)
£35,175 - £39,480 (National)
plus an Accountancy Allowance of £5,000 pa (Fully Qualified) or £2,500 (Part Qualified)
The Government Property Agency is the largest property holder in government, with more than £2.1 billion in property assets and over 50% of the government’s office estate. We are transforming the way the Civil Service works by creating great places to work, leading the largest commercial office programme in the UK, working towards halving carbon emissions from government offices, and achieving greater value for taxpayers. We are looking for innovative, solutions-focused people to join our team.
Representing the best covenant in the UK – His Majesty’s Government – we are leading ground-breaking programmes such as the Government Hubs Programme, Whitehall Campus Programme and Net Zero Programme, as well as delivering modern and cost-effective real estate service solutions.
Innovation and progress are at the heart of our behaviours. We foster a culture of lifelong learning, where curiosity and self-improvement are encouraged, and we’re dedicated to becoming a leading, inclusive employer both in the external market and throughout the Civil Service. Our strong emphasis on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) is not just about driving inclusion across our organisation, it is also about ensuring our services meet the needs of government departments and the civil servants who use our spaces.
Join our dynamic and diverse team that leads with purpose, improving sustainability, nurturing social value, driving inclusivity and flexibility, and kickstarting economic growth. We are driven by purpose, and you can be part of it too: where you make a meaningful impact; where you influence; where your voice really matters; where you help to shape our future direction.
The responsibilities of the Financial Accountant will include:
- Support the production of the GPA Annual Report and Accounts including provision of consolidation returns for Cabinet Office departmental accounts and Whole of Government Accounts
- Maintain and analyse accurate accounting records including preparation and monitoring of Statement of Financial Position reconciliations and accrual and other journals
- Monitor the effectiveness of key controls including those operated by outsourced service providers
- Prepare tax returns to deadlines including monthly VAT return and Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) returns
- Support the delivery of internal and external audits including provision of fully supporting and signposted evidence, monitoring of requests and responding to auditors in a timely way
- Support continuous process efficiencies and improvements across the function
- Build relationships with key staff across Finance and the business in order to maintain effectiveness and relevance during change
Key Skills & Experience
- Good experience of financial accounting, ideally within a public sector context
- Good knowledge and experience of VAT
- Strong attention to detail and ability to analyse and interpret significant amounts of financial data
- Ability to seek out new information and self-develop
- Experience of using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems
- Proficient using Microsoft Excel
For more information, please apply using the link, or contact Emma Fuller at our retained search agent, Robertson Bell.
The GPA is committed to representing the communities we serve by making Diversity, Equality and Inclusion part of everything we do. To ensure that we are always recruiting and retaining a diverse mix of talent, we are particularly inviting applications from candidates who are disabled, ethnically or gender diverse, and people who identify as being part of the LGBTQ+ community.
About you
Do you want to use your skills to make it possible for people with myeloma, an incurable blood cancer, to live longer and better lives?
Myeloma UK is looking for a motivated and pro-active Policy Officer to join our Patient Advocacy team within the wider Research and Advocacy directorate. You will have experience of analysing, developing, and communicating policy issues, excellent communication and influencing skills and the ability to present findings and recommendations to a range of audiences. The post holder will have excellent attention to detail and the ability to prioritise and work under pressure.
The successful candidate will be a highly regarded ambassador for Myeloma UK with a desire to continuously improve and to make a difference while working flexibility and using their own initiative.
Experience of public/patient engagement work, participating in government policy consultations and patient advocacy campaign work would be beneficial but not essential.
About the role
As the Policy Officer you will be part of the Patient Advocacy team who work to ensure that the patient voice is heard and acted upon by UK and devolved nations healthcare policy decision makers. You will support Myeloma UK’s ambition to deliver personalised medicine, such that every person living with and affected by myeloma and associated conditions has access to the best diagnostics, treatment and care services and quality of life experience.
Your role is vital to developing strategic approaches to UK health policy legislation and consultations to ensure that UK government and devolved nations healthcare policy supports the needs of people living with and affected by myeloma and associated conditions.
You will support the Policy Manager to assess existing healthcare policies, regulations and legislation to understand their implications for myeloma-specific healthcare systems, providers and patients
About us
Myeloma UK is the only UK charity focused on myeloma and its related conditions. We provide support and influence access to treatments, while researching a cure. Thanks to life-extending treatments and support, today many people affected by myeloma are able to live longer and to live well. Together, we support, so no one faces myeloma alone.
We are committed to bringing together the best and brightest people to help us ensure that every patient has an empowered present and a hopeful future.
Our ultimate goal is to find a cure and make myeloma history. Until then, our mission is to help every patient live well with myeloma for as long as possible. We are committed to diagnosing myeloma earlier, discovering and sharing knowledge, transforming the patient experience and influencing positive change in care.
Our culture
Wellbeing and staff engagement are at the heart of our culture. We offer our employees a range of benefits including a pension salary exchange scheme, flexitime, flexible working from home with hub-based office working, health plan, employee assistance plan and holiday purchase scheme and we are committed to providing learning and development opportunities for all our employees.
How to apply
If you think you would be a great fit for this role, get in touch and tell us more about yourself by sending the following:
1. A cover letter telling us more about you and what you think makes you a good fit for this role
2. A CV that sets out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements
Applications close on 12 May 2025 and interviews will be held w/c 19 May 2025.
Myeloma UK is an equal opportunities employer and always welcomes applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of:
· sex
· race
· disability
· age
· sexual orientation
· gender reassignment
· religion or belief
· marital status
· pregnancy and maternity
Please note, you will be asked to provide evidence of your eligibility to work in the UK prior to interview selection.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Senior Communications Manager
Salary: up to £45k
Term: Permanent
Line manager: Head of Policy and Advocacy
Background:
Our vision is a world where data is at the heart of understanding and decision-making
Founded in 1834, the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) is one of the world’s leading organisations advocating for the importance of statistics and data. We’re a professional body for all statisticians and data scientists – wherever they may live.
We have more than 12,000 individual members in the UK and across the world. As a charity, we advocate for the key role of statistics and data in society, and work to ensure that policy formulation and decision making are informed by evidence for the public good.
The membership of the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) constitutes a preeminent source of statistical expertise. Members work with RSS staff to support our work across areas such as policy development, education, training, statistical communication, and statistical literacy. Communicating what we do is important to ensure that our work has impact, and that our members are informed.
Job Purpose:
The main purpose of this role is to lead and coordinate communications activities across the Society’s policy and external affairs activities, ensuring that our work is communicated strategically and visible to appropriate audiences.
Key responsibilities:
Understanding opportunities and the changing external environment
- Develop our understanding of the preferences and needs of our key internal and external audiences to better align our policy and external affairs communications to those preferences and needs.
- Monitor and respond to emerging trends to ensure our communications channels and content for policy and external affairs remain timely and relevant.
- Build a network of key contacts across critical and adjacent organisations to maximise potential routes into influencing decision-making and make the best use of resources through collaborative working.
Development of strategies and plans
- Lead on strategic communication of the Society’s campaign priorities
- Contribute to the development of the Society’s communications strategy across media, social media and communications planning.
- Work closely with colleagues across the organisation to maximise the communications value of the Society’s key policy and external affairs outputs and activities.
- Contribute to costed plans for communications campaigns that meet key strategic goals and include monitoring for impact.
Media relations
- Lead on the Society’s media relations work – proactively identify and exploit appropriate media opportunities to promote campaign priorities, drafting media statements and managing launches and announcements.
- Develop and maintain relationships with journalists across our key topic areas and respond to press queries.
- Expertly advise, assist and brief the Society’s key spokespeople in respect of media relations issues and opportunities.
- Manage, and develop the Society’s statistical ambassador scheme, supporting individuals and ensuring we have a pipeline of spokespeople that reflects the diversity of the data professions.
Content creation and editorial
- Develop communications content including blogs, press statements, posts and thought pieces to communicate our campaigns and policy work.
- Contribute to the operation of the Society’s social media accounts, working with wider staff to ensure we are reflecting the breadth of the Society’s activities across the various platforms.
- Produce write-ups of events and roundtables.
External affairs
- Work with the CEO and Head of Policy and Advocacy to identify and develop relationships with external stakeholders, both UK-based and international and across government, civil society, academia and business, acting as a convenor, trusted advisor and critical friend.
- Lead on the Society’s statistical excellence awards programme, including developing and maintaining relationships with awards sponsors to ensure the awards are both impactful and financially sustainable.
- Lead on the planning and delivery of policy focused events
- Support the publication, launch and dissemination of relevant outputs across the policy team, and work with colleagues to ensure relevant and timely and communication of policy positions to support policy and advocacy objectives.
- Maintain a database of relevant stakeholders.
Management
- Monitor and report on progress and performance against targets.
- Project manage campaigns, external affairs and communications activities, ensuring that work is appropriate, of high quality, and sufficient volume to maintain presence and reputation.
- Manage the budget for the communications function.
Interfaces with other teams and groups
- Contribute to a cross-RSS communications group to share comms plans and outputs and identify opportunities for synergy and collaboration.
- Provide support to key Society groups, for example the Campaigns Advisory Group.
- Work with staff responsible for business development to pursue sponsorship opportunities where appropriate.
- Engage with teams across the organisation to identify comms opportunities to advance our campaign priorities.
Person Specification
- Significant relevant experience in media relations and external affairs
- Excellent written / oral communication skills, including writing, editing, sub-editing and proofreading
- Excellent organisation, project and budget management skills
- Ability to work effectively, managing multiple projects and deadlines and reprioritising and achieving results in a changing environment.
- Ability to work on own initiative, escalating issues where appropriate.
- Experience organising events in a policy context
- Strong interpersonal skills: ability to persuade, inspire, influence, achieve results through others.
- Collaborative team worker: proven ability to work efficiently and effectively with colleagues, committees, volunteers, and people with a wide range of perspectives, and to foster consensus.
- Ability to establish and develop an extensive network of external contacts in the industry.
- Work closely with members of the Society who provide expert support on a voluntary basis including the President and Vice-President for External Affairs.
Desirable
- Interest in or experience of statistics, research, or other aspects of the Society’s work
- Familiarity with developments within data science, statistics, machine learning, AI and related subject areas.
- Experience working with volunteers.
- Scientific background or experience.
Working for the RSS
Pension and benefits
Our defined contribution pension scheme can be joined after three months in post. Your contributions of up to 8% of salary will be double matched by the Society (making a maximum contribution by the Society of 16%). A training budget, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme and employee assistance programme are also available.
Location
The RSS office is in central London. We offer flexible working arrangements, and this is a hybrid role with a minimum two days a week working in the office. In person attendance for certain meeting is required, including all-staff / team meetings and governance / committee meetings that take place in person. Limited travel within the UK and internationally may be required.
Working hours
35 per week full-time. Applications for job shares, part-time and flexible working will also be considered. The post-holder will be the point of contact for any out-of-office hours press queries.
Holidays
25 days per annum, plus bank holidays and an additional shut down between Christmas and New Year.
Probation
This post is subject to a six-month probation period.
How to apply:
Applications should be sent to via email and be in the form of a supporting statement telling us:
- Why you should be considered for the role and how it fits with your career
- How your skills and experience align with the person specification
Please also send us your CV.
Note that applications by CV-only will not be considered. We may arrange interviews before the deadline has passed. Any questions about the role should also be sent via email. If you are interested in applying but cannot do so until nearer the deadline, please email us to register your interest.
Applications should be in the form of a supporting statement telling us:
- Why you should be considered for the role and how it fits with your career
- How your skills and experience align with the person specification .
Please also send us your CV. Applications by CV-only will not be considered. Any questions about the role should be directed to the email address referred to on our jobs board. If you are interested in applying but cannot do so until nearer the deadline, please email us to register your interest.
Birmingham Cathedral is a beautiful building with a wonderful community of worshippers, volunteers and staff. We are inspired by a strong sense of social justice, a passion for supporting those who are marginalised within the city and a commitment to celebrating all that is wonderful in our diverse city and diocese. We strive for our Cathedral to be fully representative of the richly diverse communities we serve, and have an unwavering desire to share God’s love, and the good news of Jesus Christ in a spirit of service.
Birmingham Cathedral demonstrates daily its attraction as a house of prayer to the people of the city and its international visitors. Alongside daily worship, enriched by the Anglican choral tradition, the Cathedral hosts diocesan, regional and national events and is responsive to immediate community needs for celebration and lament. With growing confidence and newly refurbished Burne-Jones windows, the Cathedral has a clear vision and strategy. The Cathedral’s strategic plan focusses on three priorities: Pray, Serve and Grow and gives Birmingham Cathedral a clear sense of purpose and direction.
The Chief Operating Officer (COO) is the senior lay officer in the Cathedral and has the responsibility for managing the business functions of the Cathedral and monitoring operational performance.
As COO. you will be pivotal to the delivery of the Cathedral’s vision and strategy and the development of business and operational plans to ensure delivery of the Cathedral’s strategic outcomes. You will work with the Dean and the Senior Management Team to develop and implement strategy and policy, ensuring good governance, the effective and professional administration of the Cathedral in compliance with all policies and procedures and relevant statutory legislation.
The Cathedral Chapter (our Trustee Board) is looking for a collaborative colleague who will enhance the Cathedral’s caring culture, working closely with the staff team, volunteers and the wider cathedral community. Chapter’s strategic priorities include working towards financial sustainability; reviewing the operating model of the Cathedral and managing change; working towards environmental sustainability; creating partnerships to support the Cathedral’s work with the vulnerable and marginalised and ensuring effective safeguarding.
Birmingham Cathedral is a Christian Church of the Anglican Communion and the seat of the Bishop of Birmingham. As the Church of England cathedral chur

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About you
Do you want to use your skills to make it possible for people with myeloma, an incurable blood cancer, to live longer and better lives?
Myeloma UK is looking for a motivated and highly proactive Senior Policy Officer to join our Patient Advocacy team within the wider Research and Advocacy directorate.
You will have experience in analysing, developing, and communicating complex policy issues, strong communication skills, and the ability to prioritise a fast-moving and wide-ranging workload.
You will also have experience working collaboratively and building relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
You will have the ability to present findings and recommendations to a range of audiences and produce high-quality succinct briefings in a timely fashion, underpinned by evidence.
Empathy and sensitivity are required to work closely with patients and their families and friends.
Experience in the health charity sector, public/patient engagement work, and working on the National Institute of Health Care Excellence (NICE) and Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) consultation processes would be beneficial but not essential.
About the role
As Senior Policy Officer you will be part of the Patient Advocacy team who work to ensure that the patient voice is heard and acted upon by UK and devolved nations healthcare policy decision makers. You will represent the charity externally including national meetings with senior healthcare decision makers.
Your role is vital to developing strategic approaches to health technology appraisals (HTA), regulatory pathways (MHRA), clinical development programmes (academic and industry clinical trials) and commissioning routes to broaden access to new myeloma drug therapies and diagnostic technologies.
You will apply your skills flexibly across key policy areas including access to treatment, patient voice, stakeholder engagement and general healthcare policy and work with colleagues in communications and fundraising to make sure our supporters and the wider myeloma community understand the positive impact we make.
About us
Myeloma UK is the only UK charity focused on myeloma and its related conditions. We provide support and influence access to treatments, while researching a cure. Thanks to life-extending treatments and support, today many people affected by myeloma are able to live longer and to live well. Together, we support, so no one faces myeloma alone.
We are committed to bringing together the best and brightest people to help us ensure that every patient has an empowered present and a hopeful future.
Our ultimate goal is to find a cure and make myeloma history. Until then, our mission is to help every patient live well with myeloma for as long as possible. We are committed to diagnosing myeloma earlier, discovering and sharing knowledge, transforming the patient experience and influencing positive change in care.
Our culture
Wellbeing and staff engagement are at the heart of our culture. We offer our employees a range of benefits including a pension salary exchange scheme, flexitime, flexible working from home with hub-based office working, health plan, employee assistance plan and holiday purchase scheme and we are committed to providing learning and development opportunities for all our employees.
How to apply
If you think you would be a great fit for this role, get in touch and tell us more about yourself by sending the following:
1. A cover letter telling us more about you and what you think makes you a good fit for this role
2. A CV that sets out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements
Applications close on 12 May 2025 and interviews will be held w/c 19 May 2025.
Myeloma UK is an equal opportunities employer and always welcomes applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of:
· sex
· race
· disability
· age
· sexual orientation
· gender reassignment
· religion or belief
· marital status
· pregnancy and maternity
Please note, you will be asked to provide evidence of your eligibility to work in the UK prior to interview selection.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Contract: 12- month fixed term, part-time 0.8FTE (28 hours per week)
Salary: £36,457 (£45,551 FTE)
Job Summary
Work as a team to support the Diocese of London in safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults in line with both UK legislation and House of Bishops Guidance. Responds well to safeguarding allegations and concerns, management of risk and making the church a safer place in line with the Church of England National Safeguarding Standards.
Job responsibilities
Casework
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Respond to concerns and allegations of harm, working with statutory agencies; and protection of those who work with children and vulnerable adults in line of the House of Bishops Guidance.
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Acting as a contact point for those in church and statutory agencies, provide advice on all safeguarding matters, ensuring the DST is operating in line with the law, government guidance and national practice guidance from the House of Bishops. Ensure that safeguarding procedures are carried out throughout the process, with appropriate liaison with statutory agencies.
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Ensure appropriate support for alleged victims and their families and respondents and their families, throughout an investigation and thereafter.
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Maintain practices standards in all case work, ensuring five key principles underpin all adult safeguarding work, human rights and have due regard to mental capacity and acting in the best interests of those in need of support. Supporting practice and policy development around case management safeguarding processes.
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Work with individuals who come to our attention to ensure appropriate risk assessment and risk management plans to set boundaries within a church setting; for those who are convicted of an offence, or where there are continuing unresolved concerns regarding risks to others.
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Work with statutory agencies, including attending appropriate strategy meetings, case conferences as arranged by statutory agencies or requested by the Casework Manager or Head of Safeguarding.
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Ensure that referrals to the DBS for barring from work with children or vulnerable adults and reports to the Charities Commission are submitted in line with statutory guidance.
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Ensure that the Bishop of London, area Bishop, Archdeacon and Head of Safeguarding and Case Work Manager are always informed when an allegation of abuse is made against a church officer. To manage case work within legal parameters and in line with the House of Bishops Guidelines.
General
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Provide professional safeguarding advice and undertake pro-active relationship management to ensure parishes and worshipping communities are aware of their responsibilities in relation to safeguarding children and adults who may be at risk of abuse or neglect; to keep them abreast of policy and practice developments.
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Under the direction of the Safer Churches Programme Manager to undertake strategic safeguarding projects and improvement work including polices and projects in line with identified business needs and operational plans. Developing initiatives to support the effective implementation across your designated area in order to ensure excellent safeguarding practices across the Diocese.
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Understand and implement, where necessary, information sharing protocols.
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Assess risk and advise on safer recruitment with the use of the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Training and Professional Development
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Deliver where required training including bespoke inputs when gaps are identified and the Parish Safeguarding Officer Induction package.
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Undertake as appropriate continuing training and professional development in the safeguarding field.
Please refer to the attached Job Description for the full details on the main responsibilities.
Person Specification
Essential
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A social work qualification recognised by the Health and Care Professional Council, or a similar qualification in a related area/profession, or experience.
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Specific training in a variety of aspects of child or adult safeguarding.
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Experience of working with a range of statutory and non-statutory organisations in managing or contributing to safeguarding, including managing allegations against people in positions of trust and the management of those who may pose a risk.
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Experience of a fast-paced environment with ability to be flexible and adaptable to changing priorities and the ability to manage your own time/priorities.
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Knowledge of Safeguarding adults and children policy, procedures and legislation and experience of child and/or adult safeguarding work as a practitioner.
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Practitioner experience of working with victims or survivors of abuse, including adults with mental health issues.
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Practitioner experience of working with perpetrators of any form of abuse.
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Knowledge and experience of recognition of risk, risk assessment and risk management and the ability to contribute to multi-agency risk meetings. Knowledge of processes such as MAPPA, MARAC and PREVENT.
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Excellent listening and communication skills and strong verbal communications skills and ability to produce clear written records and reports.
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Have exceptional people skills and the ability to build positive partnerships and relationships with key stakeholders.
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Ability to work sensitively with survivors, those who are subject to allegations and/or those that may pose a risk.
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In sympathy with the aims of the Church of England.
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Right to work in the UK.
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The person will require an enhanced DBS check.
Desirable
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Some understanding of Church of England structures and experience of working with the Church or other faith groups in respect of safeguarding children and/or adults who may be vulnerable
Please refer to the attached Job Description for the full details on Person Specification.
About the London Diocesan Fund
The London Diocesan Fund (LDF) is the employment body that serves and supports the Diocese of London and Church of England. The Diocese of London comprises of c400 parishes north of the River Thames and within the M25 motorway.
The Church of England in London is growing, vibrant and at the heart of communities throughout the capital. At the London Diocesan Fund, we seek to do everything we can to support this mission and growth, using our resources to help our parishes and chaplains to serve over 4 million people.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
The Diocese of London is committed to creating and sustaining a diverse and inclusive workforce which represents our context and wider community.
We are aware that those of Global Majority Heritage/United Kingdom Minority Ethnic (GMH/UKME), women, and disabled people are currently under-represented among our clergy and workforce, and we particularly encourage applications from those with the relevant skills and experience that will increase this representation.
Safeguarding
The Diocese of London is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Benefits of working with us
The LDF offers a supportive working environment, opportunity for career development and the following financial benefits:
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Competitive remuneration package
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27 annual leave days to rise to 30 after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays
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15% employer pension contribution and salary sacrifice available
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Death in service benefit x3 of basic gross salary
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Enhanced maternity leave of six months full pay, after 12 months of employment
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Season ticket loans for public transport
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Access to Benenden Health Insurance
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EAP counselling through Health Assured
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Up to £100 for eye test and contribution to spectacles
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Two additional paid days for community volunteering
The interviews will be held on 12th May 2025 in-person at our office in London.
For every Londoner to encounter the love of God in Christ




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- Key leadership role within the senior management team
- Lead financial strategy, optimise performance, and shape the future direction
About Our Client
Working for South Yorkshire Police doesn't have to mean patrolling the streets; our police staff work side by side with uniformed officers. A strong team of professional support staff work behind the scenes in many different areas of our organisation, including in finance. We need skilled people, like you, to join our police family to keep our South Yorkshire communities safe. We have an annual budget in excess of £300 million and employ over 3,000 police officers and 2,200 support staff. South Yorkshire Police are committed to attracting, selecting, hiring, retaining and developing a diverse and professional workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve, enabling us to meet and exceed our corporate finance goals and objectives
Like most organisations, South Yorkshire Police is transforming the way we deliver our services and run the organisation to meet ever more demanding challenges. We have a Medium-Term Resource Strategy underpinned by a draft recovery plan to help achieve our mission. The Finance department is very much at the centre of delivering this strategy working collaboratively with all senior leaders across the organisation and our external partners. Therefore, as part of this we are looking for talented individuals who are experienced finance professionals, resilient and driven to achieve change.
Job Description
The Head of Finance Business Partnering will:
- Lead financial planning and the production of the Force's Medium-Term Resource Strategy and Capital Programme Plan, ensuring alignment with the Strategic Planning Cycle.
- Work closely with the Chief Finance Officer (CFO), Head of Finance, and Head of Management Accounting to ensure departmental strategies align with the Force's financial objectives.
- Provide insightful financial analysis, advice, and assurance to support senior decision-making on resource allocation and funding priorities.
- Ensure the Finance Business Partner (FBP) model is embedded in decision-making, driving the Centre of Excellence (COE) framework across projects, policies, capital, and Oracle systems.
- Collaborate with the CFO during the financial forecasting and strategic planning cycle to incorporate decisions into financial strategies.
- Contribute to the financial sections of the Force Management Statement, ensuring alignment with workforce planning and other Force areas.
- Provide strategic financial support for HMIC inspections and ensure issues are addressed.
- Implement a performance framework for the finance team, reviewing KPIs, addressing discrepancies, and promoting continuous improvement.
- Lead strategic finance initiatives on major projects, ensuring alignment with the Force's broader objectives.
- Guide Finance Business Partners to meet Force requirements, build team capacity through training, performance management, and development, and ensure consistency in financial analysis.
- Improve financial literacy across the Force, supporting strategies for efficiency, cost consciousness, and resource optimisation.
- Lead the development and maintenance of financial management systems, with expertise in the Oracle EPM system.
- Provide financial modelling and support for decision-making, focusing on value for money and risk mitigation.
- Collaborate on strategic asset management, influencing vehicle, estate, and IT strategies to align with financial plans.
- Ensure the quality and accuracy of financial information in reports to strategic meetings, including sign-off on financial implications.
- Work with Procurement to contribute financial expertise to significant procurement exercises and mitigate financial risk.
- Provide robust financial advice to external partners and collaborate with other forces and agencies to benchmark best practices and share insights.
- Support the Force's application for external funding, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities.
- Act as a key advisor in project boards and deputise for the Head of Finance when required.
The Successful Applicant
The successful Head of Finance Business Partnering will be/have:
- Qualified Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies (C.C.A.B.) or CIMA accountant.
- Recent experience of working within a finance business partnering model or the ability to demonstrate an awareness of what is required to deliver the outcomes of the model.
- Understand personal and professional strengths and development needs and be able to evidence the steps taken to enhance your continuing professional development.
- Ability to interpret complex or detailed legislation, policy or strategy documents to identify financial implications and provide insightful financial advice.
- Strong commercial acumen with the desire to help drive business performance and show the wider business how finance can add value on a day-to-day basis.
- Experience of advising, challenging and negotiating with senior officers, managers and budget holders in a confident manner.
- Ability to use a range of communication and influencing techniques to successfully negotiate, collaborate or effect change in relation to matters of a specialist / technical nature.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and experience of building robust working relationships and establishing personal credibility with senior officers, managers and budget holders.
- Demonstrate IT literacy including advanced Excel, with extensive experience of large, complex ERP systems.
- Open to change, intellectually curious and able to challenge existing thinking to initiate and embrace innovation.
- Excellent analytical skills and a creative approach to problem solving.
What's on Offer
Benefits:
- A highly competitive salary and access to a generous pension scheme.
- Generous annual leave allowance
- A wide range of family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Flexible working arrangements including flexi-time and hybrid working
- A transparent and collaborative team culture underpinned by our core values of Fairness, Integrity & Trust
- Comprehensive range of development and leadership courses to develop your career with South Yorkshire Police
- Employee Assistant Programme (accessible 24/7) offering confidential support and advice
- Flexible lifestyle benefits such as: Blue Light Card, Company Shop, Cycle to work scheme
- Committed to embedding sustainability: South Yorkshire Police Sustainability Strategy 2020-2025 (yhrn.police)
- Membership to the Sports and Social Club
- Access to a wide range of staff support groups and networks
Contact
Nazmine Bedoyya
Quote job ref
JN-042025-6715048Z
Applications close on Monday, 5th May; however, we encourage early submissions as we may close the application process sooner if we receive a high volume of interest.